Public Nonsense Nuisance Public Essence Newsense Public News
Author
Publisher
The Diggers
Place
San Francisco
Year
1966
Date 1
10/31/1966
Date 2
Publication
Volume
Issue
Page(s)
Medium
Broadside
Dimension
Letter
Extent
Imprint
Collation
Catalog
DP-002
Collection
SOLA-x(SS) | SS-x(PB)
Cit. No.
Notes
Keywords
Abstract
This sheet turns public space into a site of satire and performance, mocking the passive “public” created by media, traffic, and official information. By proposing the “Digger Square” and the “Intersection Game,” it invites people to stop being spectators and instead reframe the street through play, movement, and collective action. The piece treats the city not as a space to be managed and consumed, but as a stage where perception itself can be disrupted and remade. The first Digger street theater (Halloween, 1966).
Full Text
Public Nonsense Nuisance Public Essence Newsense Public News
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
PUBLIC INFORMATION FOOLS ALL OF THE PUBLIC ALL OF THE TIME
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
PUBLIC STREETS CONVEY MACHINES -- ONLY A FOOL WALKS IN TRAFFIC
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
[graphic rules]
2 (TWO) SQUARE EVENTS
(for any foot on the street)
THE D I G G E R SQUARE
[graphic of a painting frame]
A square frame to view reality
"An informed public is its own worst enemy." -- M. McLuhan
Public enemies watch reality — don't change that dial — an eventful new season of enemy spectacles
FREE FRAME OF REFERENCE to be worn around the neck, carried, displayed
Watch the D I G G E R news!
[graphic lines separating columns]
THE INTERSECTION GAME
[diagram of a street intersection with dashed lines crossing each direction]
Any number of fools can play
Game Board formed by intersection of public streets
OBJECT: Complete all designs within diagram
Lesser Triangle
Greater Triangle
Double Triangle
The Square
STYLE: DON'T WAIT DON'T WALK
(umbrella step, stroll,
cake-walk, sombersault, [sic]
finger-crawl, squat-
jump, pilgrimmage,
philly dog, etc.)
BRING A SQUARE TO DIG THE INTERSECTION GAME
TEST MATCH — HAIGHT AND MASONIC — MONDAY OCT 31 — 5:30 pm
Trans. Title
PUBLIC NONSENSE NUISANCE PUBLIC ESSENCE NEWSENSE PUBLIC NEWS |